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Import/export of irradiated fuel and radioactive waste to and from the United Kingdom (1990)
| Author | Greenpeace UK |
| Date | August 1990 |
| Classification | 2.05.8.34/01 (UNITED KINGDOM - SELLAFIELD - CONTRACTS) |
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IMPORT/EXPORT OF IRRADIATED FUEL AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE TO AND FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM ABSTRACT The report considers the hazard, risks and consequences arising from the traffic of large consignments of radioactive materials into the United Kingdom by sea. The materials involved are irradiated fuel imported from Japan and continental Europe, plutonium nitrate from the UKAEA fast reactor facility at Dounreay, and the future export of vitrified high-level (HLW) and other radioactive wastes from the BNFL Sellafield reprocessing plant. All of these materials, if accidentally released to the atmosphere nearby centres of population, could result in very significant health injury consequences. The routes considered centre around the UK reception ports of Barrow in Furness for irradiated fuel imported from Japan and Italy, Workington for the occasional shipment of plutonium nitrate, and Dover for irradiated fuel imports from continental Europe. Consideration is given to future use of the Channel Tunnel, when completed, for the movement of irradiated fuel into the UK by direct rail link with the Continent. Future exports of vitrified HLW and other radioactive wastes are considered likely to utilise the existing arrangements for irradiated fuel.
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